gn:act_openAttachmentWithExternalApp

Description

Action is used to open a document from database.

Action returns

void

Action signatures

Open attachment

[gn:act_openAttachmentWithExternalApp]|[source,dataType,attachmentId]

Parameter	Description
source	source from where document id will be retrieved Valid source: Variables Widgets
dataType	dataType of file that is being opened. Data types supported can be found here Valid source: hardcoded
attachmentId (optional)	internal id of attachment which is to be opened in case there are multiple attachments you can specify which one will be opened. If omitted first attachment that exists in row will be opened. Valid target should be of datatype text

Example 1

@+id/documentNumber - id of widget

⤷ [gn:act_openAttachmentWithExternalApp]|[@+id/documentNumber,application/pdf]

variables.xml

<variable id="rowId" type="text">e0567dffe-7775-467c-8f56-6641a9ac3eb8</variable>
<variable id="attachmentId" type="text">8dfce38e-e324-4d1f-9773-30274f4db270</variable>

screen.xml

<FrameLayout
    android:id="@+id/exampleFrame"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:visibility="gone"
    gn:act_set="[gn:act_openAttachmentWithExternalApp]|[@variable/rowId,image/png,@variable/attachmentId]" />

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Example 2

@+id/abnahmenUbergabe_ubergabeprotokollDocumentId - id of widget

⤷ [gn:act_openAttachmentWithExternalApp]|[@variable/abnahmenUbergabe_ubergabeprotokollDocumentId,application/pdf]

variables.xml

<variable id="abnahmenUbergabe_ubergabeprotokoll" type="documents" />
<variable id="abnahmenUbergabe_ubergabeprotokollDocumentId" type="text" />

screen.xml

<FrameLayout
    android:id="@+id/exampleFrame"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:visibility="gone"
    gn:act_set="
      [gn:act_copyDataNew]|[@variable/abnahmenUbergabe_ubergabeprotokoll(0)(id),@variable/abnahmenUbergabe_ubergabeprotokollDocumentId],
      [gn:act_openAttachmentWithExternalApp]|[@variable/abnahmenUbergabe_ubergabeprotokollDocumentId,application/pdf]" />

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Open attachment from another ginstr app

[gn:act_openAttachmentWithExternalApp]|[source,dataType,attachmentId,appId]

Parameter	Description
source	source from where document id will be retrieved Valid source: Variables Widgets
dataType	dataType of file that is being opened. Data types supported can be found here Valid source: hardcoded
attachmentId (optional)	internal id of attachment which is to be opened in case there are multiple attachments you can specify which one will be opened. If omitted first attachment that exists in row will be opened. Valid target should be of datatype text
appId (optional)	ginstr app from where the document will be opened Can be: hardcoded

Example 1

@+id/documentNumber - id of widget

@variable/appId - ginstr app id

⤷ [gn:act_openAttachmentWithExternalApp]|[@+id/documentNumber,application/pdf,,@variable/appId]

variables.xml

<variable id="rowId" type="text">e0567dffe-7775-467c-8f56-6641a9ac3eb8</variable>
<variable id="attachmentId" type="text">8dfce38e-e324-4d1f-9773-30274f4db270</variable>
<variable id="appId" type="text">IVRflatHandover</variable>

screen.xml

<FrameLayout
    android:id="@+id/exampleFrame"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:visibility="gone"
    gn:act_set="[gn:act_openAttachmentWithExternalApp]|[@variable/rowId,image/png,@variable/attachmentId,,@variable/appId]" />

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